U.S. and Worldwide Stamps; The Versailles Collection
April 1-3, 2003

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #143
1861 Issue
1861-66 10c Indian, four sheetlets of four in blue, gray black, carmine and violet, v.f. and beautiful group
Box E
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #144
1861 Issue
1861 Washington vignette in purple, "Specimen" and "Postage" inscriptions, imperf. pane of 25 with gum, n.h., v.f.
Box E
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #145
1861 Issue
1861 10c dark green, First Design, unused without gum, centered to left, beautiful color, fresh and fine, with 1972 PFC
(*)
Catalog #62B
Catalog Value 3,250
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #146
1861 Issue
1861 1c blue, well centered, fresh color, l.h., v.f., with 1992 PFC
*
Catalog #63
Catalog Value 325
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #147
1861 Issue
1861 5c buff, red grid canc., rich color, fresh and v.f., with 2001 PFC
u
Catalog #67
Catalog Value 840
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #148
1861 Issue
1861 5c buff, magenta grid canc., rich color, fresh and v.f., with rare magenta canc., with 1994 PFC
u
Catalog #67
Catalog Value 925
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #149
1861 Issue
1861 5c brown yellow, beautiful red grid cancel, large margins, v.f. with 2001 PSE cert.
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Catalog #67A
Catalog Value 890
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #150
1861 Issue
1861 24c lilac, unused without gum, fine
(*)
Catalog #70
Catalog Value 1,000
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #151
1861 Issue
1861 24c steel blue, black canc., well centered, fresh and v.f., with 1998 PFC
u
Catalog #70b
Catalog Value 725
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #152
1861 Issue
1861 24c steel blue, black grid canc., well centered, v.f., with 1996 PFC
u
Catalog #70b
Catalog Value 725
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #153
1861 Issue
1861 24c violet, thin paper, deep rich color, neat target cancel, few small corner creases, v.f. appearance
u
Catalog #70c
Catalog Value 1,300
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #154
1861 Issue
1861 24c steel blue, used with black circular canc., fine, with 1985 PFC
u
Catalog #70d
Catalog Value 1,500
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #155
1861 Issue
1861 90c blue, unused without gum, rich color, wide margins, fine, with 1990 APS cert.
(*)
Catalog #72
Catalog Value 1,400
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #156
1861 Issue
1862 FL franked with 3c carmine and 30c orange, tied by "Paid" pmk, used via London to Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope, red London and "28" hs, endorsed "via England p. China", with arrival pmk, v.f. cover to a rare destination
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #157
1861 Issue
1862 Patriotic cover ("The Strong Arm of the North"), sent stampless from Sandusky, Ohio May 20, 1862 via New York where "New York Brem Pk" May 24 canc. was applied to Germany, endorsed "uber Bremen", with blue"Amerika uber Bremen 61/2", also charged "61/2" in blue crayon, black "15", plus transit and arrival pmks, overall toning and age spots, scarce
Envelope
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #158
1861 Issue
1863 2c black, well centered, traces of original gum, v.f., with 2001 PFC
*
Catalog #73
Catalog Value 375
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #159
1861 Issue
1863 2c black, sharp proof-like impression, margins all around, tiny creases at top right, v.f. appearance, with 2001 PFC
*
Catalog #73
Catalog Value 375
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #160
1861 Issue
1863 2c black, vertical strip of three, h.r., fresh and fine,
*
Catalog #73
Catalog Value 1,125
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #161
1861 Issue
1863 2c black, perfectly centered with exceptionally huge even margins, light target cancel, v.f. with 2001 PFC
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Catalog #73
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #162
1861 Issue
1863 2c black, fine single, "Paid" canc., with Meredith Village, N.H. Jan. 22 pmk, used on Patriotic cover with purple "New Hampshire 12th Volunteer Infantry" cachet, addressed to Col. Thomas L. Livermore in Milford, N.H., fresh and v.f. cover, with 1999 PFC
Envelope
Catalog #73
Unsold
Lot #163
1861 Issue
1863 2c black, large margins all around, v.f., canc. by black target and tied by neat Plymouth NH Sept. 24 canc. on a buff locally used cover
Envelope
Catalog #73
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #164
1861 Issue
1863 2c black, large margins all around, v.f., tied by blue Baltimore pmk on 1865 "Price Current" to New York
Envelope
Catalog #73
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #165
1861 Issue
1861 5c red brown, unused without gum, well centered, beautiful color, slight nibbed perf. at left not mentioned on cert., otherwise fresh and v.f., with 1994 PSE cert.
(*)
Catalog #75
Catalog Value 2,200
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #166
1861 Issue
1862 5c red brown, well-centered on bright white paper, light face free cancel, diagonal crease, v.f. appearance
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Catalog #75
Catalog Value 475
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #167
1861 Issue
1862 5c red brown, rich color, bold grid cancel, reperfed at bottom, tiny thin spot at top and small tear at bottom, v.f. appearance with 2001 PSE cert.
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Catalog #75
Catalog Value 475
Price Realized
$120.00

Lot #168
1861 Issue
1861 5c brown, beautiful color, h.r., fresh and v.f., with 2000 PFC for a pair from which it came
*
Catalog #76
Catalog Value 1,300
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #169
1861 Issue
1863 5c brown, near perfect centering, bold circle of wedges cancel and light red circular datestamp, rich color, v.f., with 2001 PFC
u
Catalog #76
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #170
1861 Issue
1866 15c black, overprinted Specimen in red, irregular perfs at right, otherwise fine
S
Catalog #77S
Catalog Value 200
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #171
1861 Issue
1864 cover from Philadelphia to Pottsville, illustrated "Great Central Fair For The Sanitary Commission" in gray brown, franked with 3c rose. v.f. and rare
Envelope
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #172
1861 Issue
1864 buff cover from Owego franked with 1c blue, 3c red & 2c black, v.f. and pleasant three color franking
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #173
1861 Issue
1864 Civil War, cover from Delaware City, Del to Lexington, Ky, oval "Prisoner's letter Examined Fort Delaware, Del" censor cachet, usual cover defects, fine POW cover
Envelope
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #174
1861 Issue
1864 Civil War, cover to North Carolina, endorsed "for flag of truce", oval "Prisoner's Letter Examined TOC Johnson's Island, O" hs, stamp removed by censors, with "Due 10" hs, fine and scarce cover from a Confederate POW, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

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